Supreme Court expands Trump’s power over the federal bureaucracy

Source: www.washingtonpost.com · Section: politics · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:13:28 GMT

The justices allowed the president to fire a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, striking down a nearly century-old precedent intended to insulate independent agencies from political influence by the executive.

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